Do you know of Peru ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Peru. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Peru.
Our sources for Peru (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Peru other than they indicate that Peru would be found somewhere in Madison County, Iowa.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Peru ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Peru.
Within Iowa, the name Peru is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 24 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Peru [Hillsborough County].
- Illinois
- La Salle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Peru [La Salle County].
- Indiana
- Miami County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Peru [Miami County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Oxford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Peru [Oxford County].
- Massachusetts
- Berkshire County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Peru [Berkshire County].
- Michigan
- Peru #
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Peru.
- Missouri
- Bates County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Peru [Bates County].
- Nebraska
- Nemaha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Peru [Nemaha County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Haywood County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Peru [Haywood County].
- Onslow County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Peru [Onslow County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Peru.
- Pennsylvania
- Centre County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Peru [Centre County].
- Vermont
- Bennington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Peru [Bennington County].
- West Virginia
- Hardy County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Peru [Hardy County].
- Wisconsin
- Portage County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Peru [Portage County].
- Wyoming
- Sweetwater County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Peru [Sweetwater County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Peru ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Peru:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Peru - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Peru.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 19/62490 (Place Name: Peru (corporate name East Peru))
County: Madison (FIPS State/County: 19/121)
Class: C4
More Orphans in Madison County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Madison County.
| Bloomingdale | |
| Brooklyn | Maple Grove |
| Clanton | North Branch |
| Gear | Ohio |
| Gilpin | |
| Turro | |
| Kasson | |
| Winear | |
| Lefever |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Peru could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |